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Wayne State University Libraries
4-23-2015
Increasing Your Research Impact: Digital Commons and Altmetrics Michael Priehs Wayne State University, [email protected]
Alexandra Sarkozy Wayne State University, [email protected]
Recommended Citation Priehs, Michael and Sarkozy, Alexandra, "Increasing Your Research Impact: Digital Commons and Altmetrics" (2015). Library Scholarly Publications. Paper 98. http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/libsp/98
This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Wayne State University Libraries at DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Library Scholarly Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState.
Increasing Your Research Impact Digital Commons and Altmetrics Alexandra Sarkozy Michael Priehs Wayne State University Library System
Outline ●
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DigitalCommons@WayneState ○ What? ○ Why? ○ Digital Commons & Law ○ How? Altmetrics ○ What, why? ○ Traditional metrics ○ Altmetrics ■ Altmetrics.com: Scopus integration and bookmarklet ■ Blogging and Tweeting: raise your profile ■ Article-level metrics: DigitalCommons and PLoS ■ Examples and demonstrations
What is it? digitalcommons.wayne.edu
● DC@WSU is an open access scholarly publishing service available to WSU faculty, staff, and students ● DC@WSU is a permanent archive for WSU research and scholarly output, providing perpetual access to materials as broadly as possible.
Green OA vs. Gold OA What is Open Access? Content that is freely accessible online to everyone, everywhere. Gold OA: Open Access Journals Peer-reviewed, some charge author fees Green OA: Open Access Repositories Hosts content created/vetted elsewhere (pre-print, postprint), generally charges no fees
Citation Advantage Open Access articles have a proven citation advantage over articles that are not freely available.
Citation Advantage ●
Lawrence, Nature 411 (2001): Free online availability substantially increases a paper’s impact
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Norris et al, J of the Am. Soc. For Info Sci & Tech 59.12 (2008): The citation advantage of open-access articles
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Davis & Fromerth, Scientometrics 71.2 (5/2007): Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads for mathematics articles?
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Gargouri et al, PLoS One 5.10 (2010): Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research
Summary of research at: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268516/2/Citation_advantage_paper.pdf
Citation Advantage Articles available in open access formats enjoy an advantage in citation by subsequent law review works of 53% Carol A. Watson, James M. Donovan, and Caroline Osborne, The Open Access Advantage for American Law Reviews , 3A EDISON L. & TECH. 1 (2015)
Discoverability
Monthly Readership Report
Author Dashboard
Recent Statistics 9,491 total deposits ~705,000 all-time downloads 348,961 downloads in 2014 alone
Recent WSU Story Dr. Maria Pontes Ferreira, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science Deposited two publications in early 2014 2008 total downloads to 12/31/2014 http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/nfsfrp/9 http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/nfsfrp/10
Digital Commons & Law ● ● ● ● ● ●
You may already be depositing to SSRN There is a proven citation advantage Readership Reports & Author Dashboard Law Commons Clarence Darrow Trial @ Santa Clara Law It’s easy
How do I deposit? 1. E-mail us your CV or list of publications. [email protected] 2. There is no second step.
ResearchGate www.researchgate.net ● Aggressive marketing techniques ● Widely adopted by faculty, mostly in STEM ● Research profile in one place; share citations and email for PDFs ● Copyright issues
Altmetrics What are Altmetrics? ○ ○
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New forms of scholarly communication starting in late 1990s- blogs, Twitter, Facebook, popular news Social media is changing scholarly communication patterns: now scholars not only talk about ideas and articles in journal literature, but also on Facebook, on Twitter, on blogs, and in research-specific tools like Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) Altmetrics capture this impact
Key Altmetrics Indicators ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Tweets Total article views and shares Tweet impressions (total number of possible views) Saves in Mendeley Facebook likes and shares Blog activity Google+ shares and +1s Download data from vendors
Citation Metrics
Citation Metrics
Altmetrics
Ceci, S. J., & Bruck, M. (1993). Suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 113(3), 403-439. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
Altmetrics
Finkelhor, D. (1994). Current information on the scope and nature of child sexual abuse. The Future of Children / Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 4(2), 31-53. Retrieved from www.scopus. com
Altmetrics
Article-Level Metrics
Altmetrics Bookmarklet
Thank you. Questions? Alexandra Sarkozy [email protected] Michael Priehs [email protected]
Wayne State University Libraries
4-23-2015
Increasing Your Research Impact: Digital Commons and Altmetrics Michael Priehs Wayne State University, [email protected]
Alexandra Sarkozy Wayne State University, [email protected]
Recommended Citation Priehs, Michael and Sarkozy, Alexandra, "Increasing Your Research Impact: Digital Commons and Altmetrics" (2015). Library Scholarly Publications. Paper 98. http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/libsp/98
This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Wayne State University Libraries at DigitalCommons@WayneState. It has been accepted for inclusion in Library Scholarly Publications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@WayneState.
Increasing Your Research Impact Digital Commons and Altmetrics Alexandra Sarkozy Michael Priehs Wayne State University Library System
Outline ●
●
DigitalCommons@WayneState ○ What? ○ Why? ○ Digital Commons & Law ○ How? Altmetrics ○ What, why? ○ Traditional metrics ○ Altmetrics ■ Altmetrics.com: Scopus integration and bookmarklet ■ Blogging and Tweeting: raise your profile ■ Article-level metrics: DigitalCommons and PLoS ■ Examples and demonstrations
What is it? digitalcommons.wayne.edu
● DC@WSU is an open access scholarly publishing service available to WSU faculty, staff, and students ● DC@WSU is a permanent archive for WSU research and scholarly output, providing perpetual access to materials as broadly as possible.
Green OA vs. Gold OA What is Open Access? Content that is freely accessible online to everyone, everywhere. Gold OA: Open Access Journals Peer-reviewed, some charge author fees Green OA: Open Access Repositories Hosts content created/vetted elsewhere (pre-print, postprint), generally charges no fees
Citation Advantage Open Access articles have a proven citation advantage over articles that are not freely available.
Citation Advantage ●
Lawrence, Nature 411 (2001): Free online availability substantially increases a paper’s impact
●
Norris et al, J of the Am. Soc. For Info Sci & Tech 59.12 (2008): The citation advantage of open-access articles
●
Davis & Fromerth, Scientometrics 71.2 (5/2007): Does the arXiv lead to higher citations and reduced publisher downloads for mathematics articles?
●
Gargouri et al, PLoS One 5.10 (2010): Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research
Summary of research at: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/268516/2/Citation_advantage_paper.pdf
Citation Advantage Articles available in open access formats enjoy an advantage in citation by subsequent law review works of 53% Carol A. Watson, James M. Donovan, and Caroline Osborne, The Open Access Advantage for American Law Reviews , 3A EDISON L. & TECH. 1 (2015)
Discoverability
Monthly Readership Report
Author Dashboard
Recent Statistics 9,491 total deposits ~705,000 all-time downloads 348,961 downloads in 2014 alone
Recent WSU Story Dr. Maria Pontes Ferreira, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Science Deposited two publications in early 2014 2008 total downloads to 12/31/2014 http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/nfsfrp/9 http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/nfsfrp/10
Digital Commons & Law ● ● ● ● ● ●
You may already be depositing to SSRN There is a proven citation advantage Readership Reports & Author Dashboard Law Commons Clarence Darrow Trial @ Santa Clara Law It’s easy
How do I deposit? 1. E-mail us your CV or list of publications. [email protected] 2. There is no second step.
ResearchGate www.researchgate.net ● Aggressive marketing techniques ● Widely adopted by faculty, mostly in STEM ● Research profile in one place; share citations and email for PDFs ● Copyright issues
Altmetrics What are Altmetrics? ○ ○
○
New forms of scholarly communication starting in late 1990s- blogs, Twitter, Facebook, popular news Social media is changing scholarly communication patterns: now scholars not only talk about ideas and articles in journal literature, but also on Facebook, on Twitter, on blogs, and in research-specific tools like Mendeley (www.mendeley.com) Altmetrics capture this impact
Key Altmetrics Indicators ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Tweets Total article views and shares Tweet impressions (total number of possible views) Saves in Mendeley Facebook likes and shares Blog activity Google+ shares and +1s Download data from vendors
Citation Metrics
Citation Metrics
Altmetrics
Ceci, S. J., & Bruck, M. (1993). Suggestibility of the child witness: A historical review and synthesis. Psychological Bulletin, 113(3), 403-439. Retrieved from www.scopus.com
Altmetrics
Finkelhor, D. (1994). Current information on the scope and nature of child sexual abuse. The Future of Children / Center for the Future of Children, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, 4(2), 31-53. Retrieved from www.scopus. com
Altmetrics
Article-Level Metrics
Altmetrics Bookmarklet
Thank you. Questions? Alexandra Sarkozy [email protected] Michael Priehs [email protected]
